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===Early History===
 
===Early History===
 
A contemporary of the nearby world of [[Liao]], by 2202 '''Zion''' was importing considerable quantities of cattle, sheep, thoroughbred horses and cattle from Liao, or, as it was known until the death of [[Elias Liao]], [[Cynthiana]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8"/> As one of the worlds outside the boundary of the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Demarcation Declaration]] issued in [[2240]] Zion became an independent world.<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Zion was one of a number of client states that joined the Capellan Hegemony in the 2280s and 2290s, and along with [[Asuncion]] constituted one of the Capellan Hegemony worlds closest to [[Terra]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/>
 
A contemporary of the nearby world of [[Liao]], by 2202 '''Zion''' was importing considerable quantities of cattle, sheep, thoroughbred horses and cattle from Liao, or, as it was known until the death of [[Elias Liao]], [[Cynthiana]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p8"/> As one of the worlds outside the boundary of the [[Terran Alliance]] following the [[Demarcation Declaration]] issued in [[2240]] Zion became an independent world.<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> Zion was one of a number of client states that joined the Capellan Hegemony in the 2280s and 2290s, and along with [[Asuncion]] constituted one of the Capellan Hegemony worlds closest to [[Terra]].<ref name="HL(TCC)p14"/>
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=== Age of War ===
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[[Captain-General]] [[Allan Marik]] fought a four-year war between [[2366]] and [[2369]] that conquered a number of worlds controlled by [[House Liao]], including [[Andurien]], [[Berenson]] and Zion. Allan Marik's conquests subsequently became the subject of decades of conflict between the Confederation and the League.<ref name="HB:HMp17">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 17, "Timeline: Ancient History"</ref>
  
 
=== Second Succession War ===
 
=== Second Succession War ===
Zion was captured along with the worlds of [[Berenson]] and [[Kyrkbacken]] by a hugely successful [[Free Worlds League Military]] offensive led by the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] that struck the Sarna Commonality of the Capellan Confederation in 2832.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p32">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 32, "At War With ComStar"</ref>
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Zion was captured along with the worlds of Berenson and [[Kyrkbacken]] by a hugely successful [[Free Worlds League Military]] offensive led by the [[Fusiliers of Oriente]] that struck the Sarna Commonality of the Capellan Confederation in 2832.<ref name="HM(TFWL)p32">''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 32, "At War With ComStar"</ref>
  
 
=== Third Succession War ===
 
=== Third Succession War ===

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Zion
System Information
X:Y Coordinates15.24:-83.87[e]
Spectral classF7III[1]
Recharge time178 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard


Owner History

Planetary Garrison

2765

3025

3038

3050

  • Third Free Worlds Guards[20]

3054

  • Third Free Worlds Guards[21]

3059

  • Third Free Worlds Guards[23]

3067

3070

3079

Planetary History

Early History

A contemporary of the nearby world of Liao, by 2202 Zion was importing considerable quantities of cattle, sheep, thoroughbred horses and cattle from Liao, or, as it was known until the death of Elias Liao, Cynthiana.[2] As one of the worlds outside the boundary of the Terran Alliance following the Demarcation Declaration issued in 2240 Zion became an independent world.[3] Zion was one of a number of client states that joined the Capellan Hegemony in the 2280s and 2290s, and along with Asuncion constituted one of the Capellan Hegemony worlds closest to Terra.[4]

Age of War

Captain-General Allan Marik fought a four-year war between 2366 and 2369 that conquered a number of worlds controlled by House Liao, including Andurien, Berenson and Zion. Allan Marik's conquests subsequently became the subject of decades of conflict between the Confederation and the League.[38]

Second Succession War

Zion was captured along with the worlds of Berenson and Kyrkbacken by a hugely successful Free Worlds League Military offensive led by the Fusiliers of Oriente that struck the Sarna Commonality of the Capellan Confederation in 2832.[12]

Third Succession War

In 2910 Zion was struck by the noted Free Worlds League Military Red Rover task force in the culmination of a series of deep penetration raids conducted against the Capellan Confederation from 2901 onwards. Red Rover contained units from both the Defenders of Andurien and the Orloff Grenadiers and launched a series of raids targetting key Capellan Confederation Armed Forces supply depots, although the strong reserve forces established by Chancellor Otto Liao stopped the FWLM forces from remaining on any of the Capellan worlds. Having captured a fully-laden iceship named the Silver Frost in the Buenos Aires system, the Red Rover force attacked Zion with a multi-pronged assault that saw the defenders routed from their fortified bases in the Gapston mountain range.[14]

In 2941 agents operating on behalf of Captain-General Samuel Marik convinced Vincente Sian-Marik to sign a treaty with the Free Worlds League transferring his allegiance and those of the worlds he administered to the League. In addition to being the planetary administrator of Kyrkbacken, Ohrensen, Suzano, Ventabren and Zion, Sian-Marik was a distant relative of the Marik line; while the CCAF garrisons on the five worlds didn't try to resist the transfer of worlds, they did engage in widespread scorched-earth operations on each world to inflict as much damage as possible prior to the transfer. As a consequence the acquisition of the five worlds saddled the Free Worlds League with a significant and expensive rebuilding programme.[15] Given that Sian-Marik's ancestors had fled the Free Worlds League after a failed campaign of terrorism and atrocities conducted against civilians and House Marik in an attempt to secure what they saw as their birthright in the twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth centuries Vincente was never trusted by Samuel Marik, and the worlds Vincente brought with him, which constituted the Sian-Marik family holdings, were instead carved up to form two new League provinces based out of Ohrensen and Zion.[39]

The Jihad

In late June 3070 the planetary government and military forces on Zion switched their allegiance to the Word of Blake, bringing the world into the Word of Blake Protectorate; Zion was one of six worlds to declare for the Blakists in the space of a week, pushing the Protectorate into Free Worlds League space.[26]

In 3070 the Third Free Worlds Guards lifted off Zion without orders to launch an attack into Capellan space. As the League dissolved into chaos, Barrett's Fusiliers were told by the planetary government on Zion that as a temporary measure, the Zion government would be assuming control of their contract, and ordered the Fusiliers to secure Asuncion and put down a rebellion on that planet.[36]

The Fusiliers deployed to Asuncion as ordered, and were surprised to find the Sixth Orloff Grenadiers in place and garrisonning the world. The Sixth Fusiliers attempted to block the Fusiliers using their AeroSpace assets, and then walked into an ambush set up by the Fusiliers shortly after the Fusiliers landed. The Fusiliers allowed the suvivors of the Grenadiers to leave Asuncion, but confiscated their equipment. The Fusiliers then imposed martial law on Asuncion in the name of the Zion government and rebuilt using the seized equipment while waiting for new elections to be held on the world.[36]

Following their retreat from Wasat in 3071 the Blackhearts mercenary unit retreated in secret to Zion, foiling any attempts to track their movements. Under the command of Colonel Glen Stryker the Blackhearts rebuilt and began infiltrating the government and strategic facilities and organizations across Zion. The Blackhearts also began recruiting and training a resistance movement on Zion, based around independent insurgent units that could operate against the Word of Blake and their sympathizers. When Operation SCOUR began in early 3077, Stryker had the insurgency rise up, and between the Blackhearts' infiltration of the fabric of Zion's government and the resistance movement it took just two months for the Word of Blake and their sympathizers to be driven from Zion - or executed, in the case of all those captured.[27]

When forces from the Capellan Confederation later arrived to conquer the planet, the local government claimed to have thrown off the Blakist government. The CCAF forces ignored the claims and attacked, only to find themselves facing a partially active SDS network and fierce defenses.[40]

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
New Canton 12.58 1 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Saiph 18.74 1 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Menkalinan 20.00 1 TH CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Zurich 20.93 1 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Asuncion 21.12 1 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Aldebaran 21.35 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Tall Trees 22.18 1 TH CC FS FC FC ST ST
Liao 24.81 1 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Gan Singh 26.85 1 TH CC FS FC FC SC SC
Suzano 30.51 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Styk 30.68 2 TH CC FS FC FC SC SC
Hsien 30.76 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Berenson 31.68 2 TH FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Nanking 32.71 2 TH CC TFR FC FC FC FC
Genoa 33.75 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMD CMD
Elgin 35.41 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Pleione 36.69 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Second Try 38.11 2 TH CC FS FC FC CC CC
Bernardo 38.38 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Kyrkbacken 39.17 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Shensi 39.86 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Ventabren 42.16 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Arboris 42.69 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMD CMD
Ningpo 42.77 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Capolla 42.88 2 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Elnath 44.46 2 TH CC FS FC FC CC CC
Tsitsang 44.99 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Wasat 45.78 2 TH FWL TFR FC FC FWL FWL
Poznan 47.77 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Hall 49.19 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Ohrensen 50.23 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Azha 50.39 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Terra Firma 50.61 2 TH CC TFR FC FC TCC TCC
Acamar 51.35 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Hamilton (FWL) 51.42 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Outreach 52.41 2 TH CC TFR FC FC CMD CMD
Algol 52.46 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Park Place 53.05 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Slocum 53.42 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
St. Andre 53.77 2 TH CC FS FC FC CMC CC
Corey 53.83 2 TH CC FS FC FC CC CC
New Aragon 54.99 2 CC FS FS FC FC FC FC
Woodstock 55.29 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Buchlau 57.19 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Phact 57.28 2 TH CC FS FC FC CC CC
Kansu 58.02 2 TH CC FS FC FC FC FC
Halloran V 58.55 2 CC FS FS FC FC FC FC
Wazan 58.66 2 TH CC FS FC FC CC CC
Ibstock 58.87 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Augustine 59.83 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Handbook: House Marik, p. 73, "Zion Planet Profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 8, "New Beginnings"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding (2271)"
  4. 4.0 4.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 14, "Seeds of Destruction"
  5. Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
  6. Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  7. Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  9. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  11. Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  12. 12.0 12.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 32, "At War With ComStar"
  13. Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  14. 14.0 14.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 39, "The Great Compromiser"
  15. 15.0 15.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 41, "Reign of Samuel Marik"
  16. 16.0 16.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"
  17. Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  18. Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  19. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  20. 20.0 20.1 20 Year Update, p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  21. 21.0 21.1 Objective Raids, p. 37, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  22. Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  23. 23.0 23.1 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  24. 24.0 24.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 159, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  25. Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  26. 26.0 26.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
  27. 27.0 27.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 45, "Zion Freed"
  28. Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
  29. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  30. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  33. Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation, p. 12, "Regimental Status"
  34. Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Deployment Table"
  35. Mercenaries Supplemental, p´. 69, "Mercenary Employment Table"
  36. 36.0 36.1 36.2 36.3 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 29, "Barrett's Fusiliers"
  37. Field Report: FWLM, p. 14, "Regimental Status"
  38. Handbook: House Marik, p. 17, "Timeline: Ancient History"
  39. Handbook: House Marik, p. 14, "Sian-Marik: Born Killers"
  40. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58, "The Jihad in Review"

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